Velocipede-saddle.



No. 659,05f1 'Patented Oct. 2, |900.

E. J. DAY.

VELOCIPED'E SADDLE.

(Application filed Jan. 3. 1900.1

(No Model.)

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EPHRAIM J. DAY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

vELocIPEDE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,054, dated October 2, 1900.

Application iiled January 3, 1900. Serial. No. 207. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM J. DAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 2 Bloomfield street, Lynn,in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Velocipede- Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in saddles for velocipedes and kindred vehicles; and it has for its object to render the saddle very elastic and comfortable to the rider, as will hereinafter be more fully shown and de-` scribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l represents a bottom plan View of the improved saddle. Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section on the line 2 2, shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation, partly shown in section; and Fig. 4. represents a perspective View of the im- -proved springs to which the seat portion of the saddle is attached.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the saddleseat of any well-known form or construction.

To the under side of the front portion of the seat A is secured an elliptic or curved metal main spring B, having made integral with its rear end the lateral extensions or side Wings Bl B', which are secured to the rear portion of the seat A, preferably by means of screw-bolts b h, as shown. In addition to said main spring B, I arrange below the latter an auxiliary elliptic or curved metal spring C, the forward end of which is preferably welded or otherwise secured to the forward end of the main spring B, and said forward ends of the springs B and C are secured to the forward end of the seatA, preferably by means of a screw-bolt D, as shown. The rear end of the said auxiliary spring C has made integral with it the lateral extensions or side wings C C as shown, which latter are arranged directly below the wings or lateral extensions B B/ on the main spring B, as shown. The side extensions C C of the auxiliary spring C are bent downward, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4., and between such side extensions C C and the ends of the corthe auxiliary spring C, as shown in the drawings.

By having the wings C C extended downwardly below the auxiliary spring C, I am enabled to employ coiled springs E E of increased length, as compared with making said side wings extended horizontally in a line with the rear end of the auxiliary spring C, and by this my construction I produce a very elastic and comfortable saddle, which will readily yield when going over obstructions in the road without jarring the rider.

F represents a clamp', of any well-known form or construction, by means of which the spring C is clamped to the front or rear portion of the saddle-post G, which latter is adjustably secured to the saddle-post tube H of the velocipede-frame, as usual.

One of the principal objects I have in view in the construction of my improved saddle is to provide a seat which will yield at just the points required and will be practically nnyielding, or at least more unyielding, at the proper points. To accomplish this, both the ymain spring B and the auxiliary spring C are directly secured at their forward ends to each other and to the seat A, while the rear ends of said springs B and C are practically free, the same being separated and the saddle supported upon the coil-springs E. In this way when an uneven place or obstruction is met with in the road the rear end of the seat A may yield considerably, whereas the forward end thereof, while yielding slightly perhaps, remains in substantially the same position which it formerly occupied. Practical experience has demonstrated the fact that it is unadvisable to permit of the depression of the forward end of the seat of a saddle to as great an extent as the rear end. For this reason the springs B and C are secured directly to the seat A at their forward ends without the interposition of another auxiliary spring.

The invention is very simple in construction, is composed of very few parts, and by its use the riding of a velocipede is rendered most easy and comfortable.

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mediate its ends and having integral laterally and downwardly extending wings or arms at its rear end, and a pair of coil-springs conneotiug,respectively, the ends of the wings on said main and auxiliary springs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EPHRAIM J. DAY.

Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, CHARLES A. HARRIS. 

